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SOUTH LA SHELTER RESCUE ME SPOTLIGHT: CASHEW GOODNESS

CASHEW GOODNESS #A1091382

– by Katya

(South LA shelter volunteer)

Here, have a Cashew. He’s a tasty and delicious tiny treat.

I was there when Cashew was being dumped by his owner – the day before Valentine’s. The man didn’t care that Cashew was scared, that he’d be the 100th Pitbull there, that he had to pull him on the rope (not leash) he had for him to get him through the door of South LA shelter.

Cashew is as gentle as a dog can be. He is timid and tender, sensitive and sweet. He is kenneled with a bolder, barkier dog and Cashew has made friends with him nonetheless. He would make friends with any dog, as Cashew never wants to make waves. This dog would get along with anyone – he would not hurt a fly! I don’t know what Cashew has seen or been through to make him so shy and unsure, but I do know that in the 2 weeks he has been there, he has learned what a kind hand feels like and he has learned to trust me on our walks together. He has also learned to enjoy the grass, to close his eyes with joy when I pet him, and even learned how to give kisses.

Cashew MUST be saved! For the love of Pitties everywhere, please, we must rescue this boy together! He needs a kind home, he needs some time and patience to come out of his shell, he needs to learn to play like an 8 month old pup should, but never could, before. He is so handsome with those green eyes and caramel coloring…and best of all he has a heart of gold. With love and care, he would no doubt bloom and be the most wonderful of pets.

Help me network Cashew! He has years of love to give if we help him – […]

ACTIVATE: SOUTHGATE 67 Update

Downtown Dog Rescue is very happy to report that of the 2 pit bulls that we took on from the horrible SouthGate 67 animal cruelty case , Roja now has a wonderful foster family and Danity was adopted over the weekend.

DANITY-ADOPTED!

ROJA -FOSTERED!

Another rescue, EVIDENCE OF LOVE who took on 15 of the unclaimed dogs still needs your help. According to Stella Lee, 2 dogs, Jenny (L’Oreal) and Chuck of the 15 have gotten adopted and 1 dog, Teddy is in foster care.

JENNY-SAFE/ADOPTED!

CHARLES-SAFE/ADOPTED!

TEDDY-SAFE/FOSTERED!

12 dogs still have to be adopted and taken out of the SEAACA shelter.

If you have a family member or friends that have been wanting to adopt or foster a dog, please let them know about these remaining Southgate 67 dogs. Their original guardians never came back to claim them. If you cannot take them but can help with expenses for these dogs, please make a donation.

If you cannot adopt or donate but can give your time, Evidence of Love volunteers walk the remaining dogs every Saturday and could use good dog walking volunteers.

Please contact:

Stella Lee

Mobile: (818) 349-4100

Email: stella.lee@EvidenceOfLove.org

The dogs are currently held at:

SEAACA Shelter

9777 Seaaca Street, Downey, CA 90241

Tel (562) 803-3301

http://www.seaaca.org

LORI’S CORNER: 100 Pits & Chihuahua’s? Yes, with Amanda Foundation and LA Animal Services “Pits & Pals”

Saturday, I volunteered with the Amanda Foundation Team and LA Animal Services, to do another 100 Dog Day called “Pits and Pals”. The event took place at the North Central Animal Shelter. In the pouring rain, dog owners still showed up and we had a great day. Free spay and neutering is so necessary and these 100 dog days type event, which focus on the two breeds that are most often in the City shelters, Pit bulls and Chihuahuas, help to get the word out about the mobile clinic program.

The Amanda Foundation’s mobile spay/neuter clinic is the most successful in the nation. We are very fortunate to have such a great program in the City of Los Angeles. To donate please visit AMANDA FOUNDATION.

To volunteer for a DDR spay/neuter clinic, please contact me directly Lori@Modernica.net We always need volunteers and product donations.

Check out the photos and the commentary about the clinic written by Teri Austin, president of the Amanda Foundation:

Vets at work

Lots of happy clients

Grateful client and PitX

This Pit pup wont be having pups of her own

Good people who luv their dog

Lots of Pitbulls

120 lbs. Mastiff X

Lots of senior’s pets

It was a family day

FRIDAY SHOUT OUTS – Giving Thanks!

Another wonderful week has ended and it’s time to give thanks!

For this week, very pretty CASSIE leads the way since she has just been adopted! Another 61st St. Kennel success story! When we took her away from the squalor, we knew this pretty girl would find a home soon:

And life with new mom, Angela on their

first hike out together

looking very happy and with a new name Haiyaty!

How appropriate that the first group of people Haiyaty’s thanking, are the new generation of rescuers that helped with the clean-up at the 61st Street Kennels. Brought in by one of the hardest working women in rescue, Josie of B.A.R.K. (Beach Animals Reading With Kids) here are a new set of good hearted animal-advocates-in-training. Thank you all for your hard work! Downtown Dog Rescue couldn’t have made it all work without your assistance. Many of the dogs have gotten adopted and all of you have a hand in making many dogs wanted, happy and safe. Congratulations Chris, Brandon, Cory, Katie & Amanda for being an integral part of a successful rescue effort!

Another successful 61st St.Kennel Dogs adoption is our own dear little beagle/shepherd blended pup, Timmy! Downtown Dog Rescue pulled him and his sister out and Janet Cook’s rescue, Angel’s Heart got him adopted out!

Here’s Timmy the day he got pulled from the 61st Street Kennel:

And here he is being carried by his new dad!

DEB’S DOG OF THE WEEK: Puppy Love: Travis!

4 months old

Puppies! Who doesn’t love puppies? They’re cute, cuddly, and oh so innocent! When we get a litter of puppies turned into the shelter it can be a blessing in disguise. I know they will be adopted within a day or two of being available. That’s great, right? Well, not necessarily. Many people make a quick emotional decision to get a puppy without really thinking about what that puppy is going turn into as an adult. Sometimes I just cross my fingers and hope we don’t see that same puppy come back to the shelter before it’s one or two years old. Believe me, it happens. Just this week a dog was returned to the shelter after 10 months. His original intake picture was as an 8 week old puppy and now he’s a 65 lb adolescent dog. The adopter was a 70 year old man who said the dog was now too big and he couldn’t walk him. I wish he had thought about this 10 months ago…for the dog’s sake!

If you’re thinking about getting a puppy do some research first. (A good book to read is “Before You Get Your Puppy” by Ian Dunbar.) All puppies are not created equal. Some are shy, some are bold and some start out shy and then become bold! Think about your lifestyle and try to choose a dog that matches it. If you adopt a pup from Downtown Dog Rescue, the dog generally has the benefit of learning how to play and interact with the other dogs in the pack. Travis is a great example of this. DDR got him after he was attacked by a house full of Chihuahuas. As you may have read in Mia’s blog post last week, she nursed him back to health and now he’s benefiting from being socialized with the pack downtown. It’s a good thing too because Travis is a bold little puppy that isn’t afraid to take on the big dogs. Travis needs a strong, experienced adopter, but until he finds his forever home, he will continue to learn from Lori, Clancy and the rest of the pack. Exactly what every young pit bull needs!

If you would like to meet Travis, please contact lori@modernica.net

DDR DOG SPOTLIGHT(s): COME SAY HELLO TO US AT ADOPTION THIS SATURDAY! 2/27/10

Hi everyone! This is Rickie Lee and Travis — we’re both DDR dogs asked to introduce and push our co-DDR buddies to the PITStop public! We will ALL be at adoption this Saturday at the PETCO Pasadena.

Please come visit us! We love to get pets and hugs and we’ll give you great kisses in return!

RICKIE LEE

TRAVIS (I’m Deb’s Dog of the Week!)

Here we go!

AMANDA

Amanda is 4-5 year old and is about 35 lbs. She is spayed and current on all vaccinations. She is a very petite and friendly pit bull terrier. She has had a very hard life. Her original owner, a taxi driver, lost his home, and he had no choice but to keep her in his taxi and drive her around with the passengers he picked up. This worked until someone complained to the cab company. He found a neighbor in Compton with a yard who already had 15 dogs on her property. This was ok for a few weeks until Animal Control mandated that she get rid of 12 dogs, Amanda being one of the dogs. Off she went to a poorly run kennel where she was warehoused in a tiny crate with hardly any food and dirty water. She was attacked by other dogs at this facility and as a result, suffered bite wounds to her face and muzzle. She is definitely not a fighter but had to fight for food and water at this kennel. But don’t worry, Amanda is sweet sweet sweet and she did not let this bad place change the lovely personality that she has. Animal Control began investigate the kennel and they were mandated to reduce their numbers; this is where Downtown Dog Rescue came in. Amanda was rescued because she had no chance of a good life if we didn’t take her. Emaciated, full of fleas, a bad eye that is still being treated, she is so grateful to have food, water, a blanket and a dog house every night to sleep in. Slowly, we are teaching her to walk on a leash and allowing her to enjoy her time with our dog pack. Please consider adopting or even fostering to adopt sweet Amanda who has been to hell and back.

Amanda is up-to-date with routine shots, house trained and spayed/neutered.

ASKIM

DDR PROGRAMS: Sunday PitBull School at the LA Coliseum

Keep Your Dog Social

-from the Downtown Dog Rescue website

“With humans, the pit bull is very easy to socialize but, since they tend to be very enthusiastic, they should be taught manners early on. A trained pit bull is often very social and loving with friends and strangers alike. As with most breeds, socialization with humans of all types should be part of the dog’s training for life. A pit bull that shows unprovoked human aggression, especially with children, is NOT typical of the breed and is showing very poor temperament. Such a dog should be thoroughly evaluated by a trainer or behaviorist experienced in the breed for a final determination of their temperament and recommendation on how to proceed. The pit bull is typically a people loving, intelligent and fun breed. Many excel at obedience training and dog sports such as agility, weight pull, Frisbee, and flyball. Due to their affinity with people, this breed is a good candidate for rescue and adoption, but potential homes need to be carefully screened to insure that the new owners understand and accept the responsibility of owning a pit bull. Media hysteria and bad owners have greatly damaged this breed and every incident involving a pit bull makes it worse for the entire breed and their owners, often prompting breed specific legislation or breed bans. Potential owners need to be informed of the pit bull’s correct temperament, and need to be prepared to deal with the issue of dog aggression. Most pit bulls have a high prey drive and may chase small animals or livestock. This is NOT a breed for everyone! The only way to repair the pit bull’s bad reputation is to keep them in the hands of responsible owners.”

With that said, we would like to make an enthusiastic plug for:

Downtown Dog Rescue’s

Sunday Pitbull Socialization Class

at the LA Coliseum

(as long as there is not an event)

Every Sunday at 9:00 AM

Lead Trainer: Cornelius “Dog Man” Austin

Cornelius has 30 years of experience working with American Pit bull Terriers in South Los Angeles. He teaches dog owners how to properly walk their dogs as well as basic obedience, while promoting socialization.

The class meets on the East side of the Coliseum next to the Sports Arena. Make sure to have your dog has a leather leash and is at least […]

MY FIRST FOSTER PUPS – PUP TWO

I started helping DDR with fostering puppies last summer.

Each Puppy has brought me a different learning experience and so much love and joy!

CRAZY STACEY

The second puppy, a little street pup that had been locked up in a van to keep her safe, was very skinny when she came to me.Stacey had a LOT of energy and played with my dogs for hours every day until she dropped! She had developed separation anxiety, maybe from being locked up, and I quickly learned that she was an escape artist! The first morning, I was going to take Princess for a walk by herself. I went out the walkway towards the gate, turned around, and there was little Stacey right next to me. She had climbed the 5ft fence to my yard in seconds! At work, she would get out of her play pen by climbing over it. I made a roof out of cardboard and thought I was smart…….until she figured out how to lift the pen and get out underneath instead! She would figure out anything I came up with, but how can you get frustrated looking in to her big eyes who said; “I just want to come with you”.She earned the nick name “Crazy Stacey”.

Little by little, she calmed down and learned to be by herself for short periods of time. When Lori told me there was a man who wanted to adopt her after spending a month with me, I got a little nervous. I scrolled down the application and read, “I WORK AT HOME”. A match made in heaven!!

Scott came to meet Stacey and decided to adopt her. She is gradually learning to be home alone and I am so happy that this little girl found the perfect person.Her name is “Penny” now, and this photo was taken the morning I delivered her to her new dad!

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